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Recap - Golden Knights Defeat San Jose 5-4

Max Pacioretty was the difference, potting a pair for Vegas on Friday as the Golden Knights skated off with a 5-4 victory over the Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose.

Vegas was favored by -196 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Max Pacioretty(2), Reilly Smith, Chandler Stephenson, and Alex Tuch each scored for the Golden Knights in the victory. Smith opened the scoring for Vegas.

Oscar Dansk stopped 25 of 29 San Jose shots in the victory.

Matt Nieto, Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc, and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, finding the net behind Oscar Dansk.

San Jose got a 17-stop effort from Devan Dubnyk in the loss.

On the power play, Vegas went 0-for-4, while the Sharks were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to San Jose by a margin of 29-27.